Michiganders agree: working parents need a tax cut

Last fall, we released our proposal for a Working Parents Tax Credit (WPTC) here in Michigan – a large, refundable tax credit directed to working parents with young children, to help defray the high cost of childcare and combat the so-called “benefit cliff.” Our proposal would send non-affluent working parents $5,000 for each child under […]

$1 billion tax cut for working parents has broad bipartisan support

Recent polling of likely 2024 voters in Michigan, conducted by Impact Research for Michigan Future, Inc., finds strong support for a one billion dollar working parents tax cut (WPTC) to help parents raising young children afford household necessities including child care. When given details of the proposal, 76 percent of Michiganders support enactment of a […]